Editor and Contributor Admin Menu and Dashboard

If you have the Editor or Contributor role and you are logged in to your site, you will see a black admin bar across the top of the page. There is a menu of options available from the upper left side of the page. From this menu, you can easily perform such actions as view content, add content, add and view files, log out, and access your "Dashboard." See Figure 1, below. 

Figure 1: Admin bar and menu options
Screenshot of the admin menu when logged in as an Editor or Contributor

Editor and Contributor Dashboard

The "Dashboard" page contains all of the actions that your role is allowed to perform. See Figure 2, below, for an example of an Editor dashboard. 

Figure 2: Editor dashboard

Editor Role

The admin menu and dashboard will allow the Editor role to do the following:

  • Create content (Content Page, FAQ, News Item)
  • View and find content (list of the existing content on site)
  • Find new content (list of the most recently created content)
  • View and find files (edit file names, edit image alt/title text, etc.)

Contributor Role 

The admin menu and dashboard will allow the Contributor role to do the following:

  • Create content (Content Page, FAQ, News Item)
  • View and find content (list of the existing content on site)
  • Find new content (list of the most recently created content)